Stupidest thing that a book has ever done
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Lol, I forgot about Deltora Quest. Out of the several series I can remember reading, though, that's the only one I can't think of any significant plotholes for.staggs said:
As for the epilogue; I like it when they say who gets married to whom and such and what happens to everyone afterwards. It gives us closure for the characters we like. I thought that the Harry Potter books didn't do it enough (what happened to the other 50 characters?). But I agree with the naming thing. That was kinda corny.
Also, wasn't Dumbledore gay?
shotgunbob said:
Seriously, wtf is with all these references to Twilight lately? The series shows up in just about every thread at least twice. There are worse books out there, and this series is completely different. It's a romance novel; if you're a guy you probably aren't going to get it. It's just another punchingbag and everyone is just hopping on the bandwagon.lazy_bum said:
Because fanboy/girls annoy me. it is a crime against literature and because everysingle girl i know who doesnt live in a doped up fantasy view of the world has read it as well as the hordes of screaming fan girls and either thought it was the worst thing to happen to female kind this centuary and should be destroyed in mass burnings. or that it is a mediocre piece of writing piece of literature with more holes than swiss cheese that has been blowed way out of proportion and should be relegated to the how to destroy a perfectly good ideas vault of how not to write a teen vampire series.oppp7 said:
In chapter 23 of FlashForward, the main character Theo (Not Lloyd, I don't care what the author intended, he is a dipshit) goes to Toronto and the book talks about how a bridge was built to accommodate a subway decades before they got their first subway, there is a grocery store called Loblaws which specialize in a line of products called President's Choice, and the TTC stands for Toronto Transit Commission. This has nothing to do with the plot and feels quite forced and out of place, especially considering every other time the characters visit a foreign city nothing like that happens. I think the author relized the story was taking place in his hometown so he wanted to talk about it...but nobody cares.
A close second was in a book series that I read as a kid, Animorphs. In one of the later books one of the main character's parents (who is possessed by an alien) is about to be executed by the aliens but the titicular Animorphs launch a rescue mission. This makes sense, but what doesn't make sense is: Why was the execution to take place on earth, they had to transport her there for the execution to take place? Why not another planet-any planet!? It's never explained and feels like forced fan service. Because you know the fans wanted Marco to be reunited with his mommy. Even when I was 12 I thought that was bullshit. They should have just killed her off.
A close second was in a book series that I read as a kid, Animorphs. In one of the later books one of the main character's parents (who is possessed by an alien) is about to be executed by the aliens but the titicular Animorphs launch a rescue mission. This makes sense, but what doesn't make sense is: Why was the execution to take place on earth, they had to transport her there for the execution to take place? Why not another planet-any planet!? It's never explained and feels like forced fan service. Because you know the fans wanted Marco to be reunited with his mommy. Even when I was 12 I thought that was bullshit. They should have just killed her off.
@ HentMas; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
I'd have to say, when authors in general kill off the most awesome character of the whole series for no apparent reason. If there is a decent reason, or it serves to further the plot allright, but not the;
'I want a character to die for no apparent reason, *flips a coin* *Boom* your dead, tough luck kiddo.'
I'd have to say, when authors in general kill off the most awesome character of the whole series for no apparent reason. If there is a decent reason, or it serves to further the plot allright, but not the;
'I want a character to die for no apparent reason, *flips a coin* *Boom* your dead, tough luck kiddo.'
I think Twilight needs to be evicted from the thread, the stench of dead horse is getting rather unbearable.
Edit: Oh, on topic. The 6th Artemis Fowl book through me for a loop, not for something that the writer put in, but rather for something he didn't put in.
Edit: Oh, on topic. The 6th Artemis Fowl book through me for a loop, not for something that the writer put in, but rather for something he didn't put in.
See, in book five a girl to rival Artemis' genius was inserted. Though she was considerably younger than him, she was made out to be a love interest for Artemis, and they would have been a good match for each other. In book 6, events occurred which made Artemis and the girl closer in age.
However, the girl was not even mentioned at all in the 6th book. It was as though she was forgotten. I never understood that. The opportunity was right there, and it wasn't seized. However I did read on the Wiki that the series may not be done yet, man do I hope that is true. I want to see something become of this obvious relationship.
However, the girl was not even mentioned at all in the 6th book. It was as though she was forgotten. I never understood that. The opportunity was right there, and it wasn't seized. However I did read on the Wiki that the series may not be done yet, man do I hope that is true. I want to see something become of this obvious relationship.
Generally, when an author takes a 'wtf' turn at the plot st. and banana ave.
ie, totally contriving the story to fit a badly misplaced moral
destroying the entire semblance of something the book spent 500 pages working on (steadfast lack of romance between two obviously romantic people)
destroying the entire semblace of something the book DIDNT spend 500 pages working on (steadfast insistance of romance between two arbitrarily chosen people)
oh and my favourite.
Love at first site BULLSHIT because you cannot manage to pen actual love being born for two individuals. ALMOST EVERY SINGLE AUTHOR DOES IT. Either sidestepping the issue (they just love eachother, okay?), or puts some love at first site tripe into it, which just.... blech
ie, totally contriving the story to fit a badly misplaced moral
destroying the entire semblance of something the book spent 500 pages working on (steadfast lack of romance between two obviously romantic people)
destroying the entire semblace of something the book DIDNT spend 500 pages working on (steadfast insistance of romance between two arbitrarily chosen people)
oh and my favourite.
Love at first site BULLSHIT because you cannot manage to pen actual love being born for two individuals. ALMOST EVERY SINGLE AUTHOR DOES IT. Either sidestepping the issue (they just love eachother, okay?), or puts some love at first site tripe into it, which just.... blech
I was reading this book, and there were two fucking pages the same. I read half way through before I said, wait a minute!
Why not go back and save his ****ing parents?!?D-Mic said:
Why not predict all outcomes perfectly and become a prophet, nay, billionaire?!?
Why not go back and shank voldemort as a kid?!?
They should have made it an experimental system, that frequently causes problems with the known universe, like tearing a hole in the universe, somewhere.
How about the Series of Unfortunate Events? There were so many holes in those books... They never really explained anything, none of the ways they got out of their situations made any sense, and the author basically reused the same plot over and over again.scifidownbeat said:
SSpeaking of which, the Redwall series has yet to be anything other than "good guys kill the bad guys." Plus all of the mysteries in them aren't possible to figure out because they're talking about things that haven't been shown yet. And as I mentioned before, the different species all have their own sterotypes that they never deviant from, so that there's this hidden racist aspect to the series.
Edit: I'm leaving this unedited as an example of what happens when you don't proofread your posts.